Métis youngster receives Great Kids award

Dykota Letourneau, 13, of Pincher Creek, was one of 16 children recognized in October through the Great Kids Awards. Dykota was singled out as a natural leader through her volunteer work at the Pincher Creek and District Historical Society and her involvement with the Métis Nation youth group. She celebrates and shares her heritage by playing the fiddle, facilitating bannock and craft-making workshops, leading cultural presentations in schools and sharing information at community events. Dykota is also involved in sports, including dog sledding. More than 120 children and youth, between the ages of five and 18, were nominated for the Great Kids Award. Winners received a trophy and a prize package that includes an evening at the Fantasyland Hotel with their families, a laptop computer from IBM and attractions passes from West Edmonton Mall.